Peppermint Honey Oatmeal Soap
(adapted from several sources)
Olive Oil – 135 grams (30%)
Coconut Oil – 135 grams (30%)
Palm Oil – 112.5 grams (25%)
Castor Oil – 22.5 grams (5%)
Shea Butter – 45 grams (10%)
Distilled Water – 171 grams
Lye – 62.9 grams
1 Tbsp of honey, warmed and added to a small amount of the distilled water, then added to the lye water once the lye water has cooled so both liquids are about the same temperature.
The following ingredients were added at light trace:
2 Tbsp finely ground oats
1 Tbsp peppermint EO
This recipe is for a 1 lb batch (oil weight) of soap. We ran this recipe through a soap/lye calculator, and you should always run your recipes too before making them. This one at SoapCalc [1] is our favorite.
NOTE: This soap is superfatted/discounted at 7%
(Updated 2/13/14 with latest recipe)